Madam Speaker, I have two petitions to present pursuant to Standing Order 36.
The first petition bears the signatures of 228 residents of the Mankota, Riverhurst and Swift Current districts in my riding.
The petitioners point out that the MacKay task force on Canada's financial services sector has made recommendations that will enable banks to retail property and casualty insurance from their branches. This would have a drastically negative impact on Canada's independent insurance dealers and would result in the loss of thousands of jobs. The petitioners therefore call upon parliament to totally reject the recommendations of the MacKay task force report pertaining to the entry of banks into the casualty and property insurance markets and not to give in to the pressure of the banks on this matter.